Tire-armor.



G. MBLNIK, TIRE ARMORL APPLICATION FILED .TUIXY 27, 1914.

1,114,787. Patented o@n.2'7,1914.

GEORGE MELNIK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TIRE-ARMOR.

Specification o 'Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

Application filed July 27, 1914. Serial No. 853,440.

Ile, it known that l, Gonon Mmmm, a, euhjevt ot the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. residingr nt New York. in the county ot New York and Stute ot` New York, have invented rertnin new and useful improvenientr in Tire-rlnor, ot' which the followin'j is n epel'i'ieation.

litioy inwntion relates to new and useful iuuuoveluenls in tire armor.

The primal-v olliert ot thiS invention is to provide a nletzlllit' arznor roiupletelv intlonng the autonuzhile tire and readilv attnt-hed thereto. ar; well a detached ther troni.

t'urtlwr olijf-et i5 to provide a plnralit)l of armor platesy pivottd at their opposite ends, to eirt'uniertntiallv pisitioned ehains at the opposite aides of the wheel t'eliv.

y\till further ohjett if; to protide opposite t-ltaiul having tulnilnr linlopitots 'forniin;r hearings. for the endo of tirr-trend ar- :uor platee` the snid thnind, und plate@ being readilv removable.

`With these general obiet't in view.y and otherrf that will appear an the nature of the invention is hotter underntootl. the Vmine eensiets in the novel vontlzination hereinafter described. illpetrattfd in the aveta'npw nvin;- drawings. and then (tainted.

ln the drawings: forming; n part, :it this :dudit-ation 1nd in wirr-l! like derilg'z'utling t'llarat'tel's rifl'er to www!mulini: partsv throughout the eeveral view. Figure l is a side elevation of a portion of :in automobile wheel. provided with the present device. )"lqx.) is atraimerse radial yMional view thereof. Fig. il is a similar view upon the line rf t e' eet'uring holt.. partiallv broken awav. Fig'l *f is a person-tive view of one ot' the armor linka letti1-hed, and, Fig. ff if a pernreetivtview tzt nu nel portion of one of the mounting t'lulins'. ,ly

llel't'.` rintf more in detail tio the dtznviugs, tl'tprenant, devit'o in lllt'mttnt'ed mounted y11p-wu u :theel having :1 pneumatic tire l0, idoli iinelosed liv the arnior` the said tire f rotitiened in the ugual riin 1l of the minor tenente of aren-shaped :ne-

l i i l l l g l l l l l l tallio links 13 preferably formed of slightlY reeilient metal and adapted to he sprung around the tire` and positioned upon the entire tread portion thereof, and with the adjacent links havingtheir sides lvirur in Contact. Securing chains 14 are arranged at opposite sides of the folly 1Q; and consist of a plurality of links 15 hinged together hv tnhnla r pivoting' rivets 16, and ent'h chain having a terminal link 17 of the forni illustrated in Fig. 5, and pro\ided with nn enlarged perforation l therethrough for ret'eiving a holt l!) tir-itioned transverselv of the wheel', inwardly of the fellv 1Q. and between the adiaeent two spokes .lt), as liest illuntrated in Fig. Il. The links lil are proided at their opposite ends with outwardlv prt'iieetinff pins 2l. adapted to he reeeived and journaled within the tuhnlar rivet?` lo at opposite sidee of the, wheel. while the outer ends4 otl Said pins are www-threaded to rewiw ltelonuts 22.

lit will thus. he een that the entire armor made up roinplete of the linka 13. hinged to the side chains 1l, and that the links are readilv slrnnf over the tire for mountingA thereon when tige holt t9 is removed while the ends ot' tl-,e :trtnor are set'ured together hv :nid liolts tif.. forming :1 eontinuous eirvular armor whivl tompletielv invloes tho tire. and prl tet'hl the rune mi ell as: pro \i |int{ :i liehtlv resilient: iuetzxllittrend lor the tire whivl: l Y reason of the plurality of linkf; will eligjlltlt :Qepzvate under presure whiell arent.; in tlre`traetion qualities; ot' the wheel. t i

While the torina of the invention herein shown and described are what are believed to he preferable embodiments thereof, minor elianges may he made in the invention Without departing from the spirit and Scope thereof as Claimed.

A tire armor comprising chains oppositely positioned and having tubular pivot connectiona between the links of said chains arched-shaped resilient metalli(l links equal in number to the pivots of each Chain, outwardlv projectingr threaded pine upon the opposite endo of each link and positioned within the opposite one of said pivots, lockuuts upon the threaded portions of said pins,

' and perforated terminal links at the opposite In testimony whereof I afix mv signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE MLNIK.

Witnesses ALEXANDER MALON, FELIKs MELNYK. 

